Pronunciation

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52562

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> 
wrote:
 
> Actually, the difference I've noticed is not in the vowel 
pronunciation, but
> in the "g."
> /an-i-may-gus/ versus /an-i-may-jus/ (that latter having a /j/ 
sound as in
> "mage"). The latter sounds totally weird to me, but I've heard it 
and it
> certainly has a valid derivation.
> 
> Thoughts?
>

That doesn't sound weird to me, but then I guess I'm remembering the 
Bible stories about the Magi (MAY-jeye), the O. Henry story "The Gift 
of the Magi" etc. And Mage is pronounced MAYJ.

Anne U
(who's always said a-ni-MAY-jus and a-ni-MAY-jeye)